CURRICULUM
Landscape design project exercises are at the heart of the learning process for aspiring landscape designers. This learning is achieved through the synthesis of all technical, scientific, and artistic instruction within the landscape design methodology. This approach is nurtured and enriched throughout the five years of the program (2 years in the preparatory cycle + 3 years in the DEP curriculum) by confronting increasingly complex challenges, encompassing phases of analysis and development of landscape projects, as well as the student’s personal and increasingly independent growth.
The program is structured around theoretical and practical knowledge pertaining to the highly multifaceted subject of landscapes, and the diagnostic, programming, and design skills specific to the landscape architect profession.
Five fundamental pillars support the program:
- Landscape design instruction, delivered in workshop format during the 2 years of the preparatory cycle and the first 2 years of the DEP curriculum, and as a Final Project (TFE) in the 3rd and final year.
- Scientific and Technical Instruction
- Engineering Sciences Instruction in Landscape Design
- Human and Social Sciences Instruction
- Visual Arts and Representation Instruction
The 5-year program comprises nearly 3,700 hours of coursework, supplemented by five internship periods (one internship per year) and the final project (TFE).
Landscape Design Instruction
As an inhabited, represented, cultivated, and developed territory, the landscape is in motion, constantly evolving, and inherently a project. Landscape itself is a project. Landscape design is both the genesis and the culmination of the program.
The landscape design methodology holds a central position throughout the curriculum.
Landscape projects cultivate the student’s intuition and stimulate creativity. The objective is to acquire a methodical approach to analysis and diagnosis, leading to the definition of challenges and objectives that guide individual or collective projects.
Projects often stem from a specific site and a real-world problem. Students sketch and develop solutions that they then design and implement.
Some projects are carried out in partnership with local authorities or companies. Students thus interact with the study’s sponsors, project owners, or professionals.
Scientific and Technical Instruction
Sciences encompass the disciplines necessary for understanding living organisms, and for reading, comprehending, and analyzing territories and landscapes, including biology, ecology, botany, pedology, geology, etc. These disciplines lay the foundations for spatial analysis, data processing, and geographic information, supported by knowledge in mathematics, computer science, constructive geometry, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Engineering Sciences Instruction in Landscape Design
Engineering sciences in landscape design comprise the instruction necessary for the implementation of landscape projects, with the understanding that their mastery must primarily inform and serve project conception, rather than being limited to the application of normative formulas. This instruction covers diverse aspects such as Roads and Various Networks (VRD), hydrology, the integration of vegetation, and the acoustic and luminous ambiance of a landscape project.
Human and Social Sciences Instruction
This instruction covers numerous fields, including the culture and history of landscapes, urban history and representation, urban and rural geography, urban planning and landscape law, spatial planning, and territorial policies.
The aim is to train landscape architects who are well-informed about the social and professional environment in which they will practice, and to foster the development of individuals capable of taking initiative and undertaking projects. Landscape project commissions are largely decided by local authorities, hence the necessity to understand their organization, governance, and competencies.
Proficiency in English is part of this instruction, as an IELTS level 6 accreditation is mandatory to begin the diploma year.
Visual Arts and Representation Instruction
Instruction in drawing, color psychometrics, graphic representation techniques, photography, and computer graphics are developed throughout the five years of the program. This instruction aims to develop mastery of a visual language through the observation of reality and its representation using various techniques and on different media. Visual composition, framing, staging, and layout are constant concerns.
It is essential to consider that any production of images or representations involves an analytical process and constitutes, in a way, a project in itself.
The core then lies within this project space where one must:
- Imagine and create with “objects” whose representation allows for the concretization of an idea, the invention of a possibility, and the narration of a story
- Approach the image from the perspective not of emotion and aesthetic pleasure, but of its meaning.
DUAL DEGREE
State-Certified Landscape Architect and State-Certified Architect in 7 years
with the School of Architecture of the City & Territories – PARIS EST
The School of Architecture of the City and Territories Paris-Est and the School of Nature and Landscape INSA Centre Val de Loire have jointly developed an educational program that offers their students, through a tailored pathway, the opportunity to obtain both the State Diploma of Landscape Architect delivered by INSA Centre Val de Loire and the State Diploma of Architect delivered by the School of Architecture of the City and Territories Paris-Est.
This dual degree embodies our institutions’ commitment to meet the challenge of engaging cities and territories in concrete responses to the imperatives of the “ecological transition”.
We aim to offer students the opportunity to combine and share our teachings, providing them with the means to think and act within an ever-changing complexity. Our shared objective is to enable them to amplify their future practices as designers.
With this dual degree, we affirm our shared commitment to a renewal of spatial design. The concept of a landscape architect who is also an architect, and an architect who is also a landscape architect, opens up concrete perspectives on the competence of professionals at the intersection of design disciplines.
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